Scouting Report: A Statistical Look at the Atlanta Falcons Offense

by Dave Cariello on Dec 27, 2010 6:00 AM CST

Scoring

	Falcons	Saints Opponents
Touchdowns	41	28
Rushing	13	13
Passing	25	10
Returns	3	5

Score By Periods	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Pts
Falcons	55	134	73	104	3	369
Saints Opponents	30	98	43	96	3	270

Offensive Season Stats

	Atlanta Offense	Saints Opponents
Total First Downs	315	241
Rushing	102	87
Passing	178	131
Penalty	35	23
3rd Down: Made/Att	105/217	64/181
3rd Down Pct.	48.4%	35.4%
4th Down: Made/Att	11/13	14/22
4th Down Pct.	84.6%	63.6%
Possession Avg.	32:39	28:38
Total Net Yards	4891	4368
Avg. Per Game	349.4	312.0
Total Plays	974	842
Avg. Per Play	5.0	5.2
Net Yards Rushing	1717	1638
Avg. Per Game	122.6	117.0
Total Rushes	443	375
Net Yards Passing	3174	2730
Avg. Per Game	226.7	195.0
Sacked/Yards Lost	21/147	29/220
Gross Yards	3321	2950
Attempts/Completions	510/320	438/270
Completion Pct.	62.7%	61.6%
Had Intercepted	9	9

Offensive Comparison

Team	Yds / Game	Yds / Play	Rush Yds / Game	Rush Yds / Play	Pass Yds / Game	Pass Yds / Play	Int. Rate	Sacks / Pass Att.	First Downs / Game	Punt Return Avg	Kickoff Return Avg	Field Goals Made	3rd Down Pct	4th Down Pct	Red Zone Pct	Goal to Go%	Avg Time of Poss.	Pts / Game
NO	377.6	5.70	95.8	4.01	281.9	6.91	3.33%	3.85%	22.0	8.4	22.6	78.57%	48.91%	45.45%	50.00%	76.92%	31:22	25.3
ATL	349.4	5.02	122.6	3.88	226.7	6.22	1.76%	4.12%	22.5	10.6	27.3	90.00%	48.39%	84.62%	60.78%	74.07%	32:39	26.4
Differences	28.2	0.68	-26.8	0.13	55.2	0.69	1.57%	-0.27%	-0.5	-2.2	-4.7	-11.43%	0.52%	-39.17%	-10.78%	2.85%		-1.1

Individual Statistics

Passing	Att	Cmp	Yds	Cmp%	Yds/Att	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Long	Sack	Lost	Rating
M.Ryan	510	320	3321	62.7%	6.5	25	4.9%	9	1.8%	46	21/	147	90.5

Rushing	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
M.Turner	300	1256	4.2	55	11
J.Snelling	78	306	3.9	30	2
M.Ryan	40	89	2.2	13	0
G.Johnson	8	35	4.4	23	0
O.Mughelli	11	28	2.5	6	0
J.Norwood	2	8	4.0	6	0
R.White	1	3	3.0	3	0
A.Smith	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
H.Douglas	2	-5	-2.5	0	0
Team	443	1717	3.9	55	13

Receiving	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
R.White	106	1284	12.1	46	8
T.Gonzalez	62	591	9.5	34	5
J.Snelling	39	254	6.5	28t	3
M.Jenkins	31	413	13.3	43	2
H.Douglas	21	275	13.1	46	1
B.Finneran	17	140	8.2	21	3
M.Turner	12	85	7.1	19	0
O.Mughelli	11	106	9.6	18	1
J.Peelle	7	64	9.1	15	1
E.Weems	6	61	10.2	18	0
M.Palmer	5	29	5.8	11	1
G.Johnson	2	10	5.0	10	0
J.Norwood	1	9	9.0	9	0
J.Blalock	0	0	0	0	0
A.Smith	0	0	0	0	0
Team	320	3321	10.4	46	25

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Well Dave, all I have to say is, 11-4. WHO DAT?

by tommy v on Dec 27, 2010 1:46 PM CST reply actions

Thing that's jumping out at me....the over 48% third down completion percentage. That's where we'll win or lose IMO.

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by jeff.l.b on Dec 27, 2010 2:27 PM CST reply actions